--- a/ip/Makefile
+++ b/ip/Makefile
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ STATIC_SYM_SOURCES:=$(filter-out $(STATI
 
 ALLOBJ=$(IPOBJ) $(RTMONOBJ)
 SCRIPTS=routel
-TARGETS=ip rtmon
+TARGETS=$(findstring ip,$(BUILD_VARIANT)) rtmon
 
 all: $(TARGETS) $(SCRIPTS)
 
--- a/tc/Makefile
+++ b/tc/Makefile
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ MODDESTDIR := $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDIR)/tc
 	$(QUIET_CC)$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -shared -fpic $< -o $@
 
 
-all: tc $(TCSO)
+all: $(findstring tc,$(BUILD_VARIANT)) $(TCSO)
 
 tc: $(TCOBJ) $(LIBNETLINK) libtc.a
 	$(QUIET_LINK)$(CC) $(filter-out dynsyms.list, $^) $(LDFLAGS) $(LDLIBS) -o $@
